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Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Dakotared on Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:25 pm

Pretty PO'ed at myself not only did I brake the decapping pin I also bent the decapping rod. :( I will call them tomarrow and see how much it will cost me to fix my die.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Countryfried Frank on Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:35 pm

Don't get too mad. Their customer service is very understanding. They have always taken good care of me.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby cmxterra on Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:18 pm

Been there.. done that.

Now I keep spares of both the rod and decapping pin
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby JJ on Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:40 am

Lifetime warranty. They should send you the parts for free if you ask nice ;)
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby cmxterra on Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:37 am

JJ wrote:Lifetime warranty. They should send you the parts for free if you ask nice ;)



While I agree about the warranty. They should not have to pay up because I screwed up.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Dakotared on Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:31 am

As you all have said they are shipping the parts right out to me. Kind of hard to believe they would just send them out when it happened with no fault of theirs.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby JJ on Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:02 am

Dakotared wrote:As you all have said they are shipping the parts right out to me. Kind of hard to believe they would just send them out when it happened with no fault of theirs.


Does it increase the likelihood of you purchasing their products in the future? :twisted:
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Seismic Sam on Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:38 pm

Dakotared wrote:Pretty PO'ed at myself not only did I brake the decapping pin I also bent the decapping rod. :( I will call them tomarrow and see how much it will cost me to fix my die.


All right, fess up!! Was it a Berdan primed case that got through your brass sorting before depriming step???
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Duff-Man on Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:04 pm

Um, I've done it TWICE and they replaced it twice free of charge.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Countryfried Frank on Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:21 pm

When I broke a rod and snapped a pin on a piece of gravel in a .223 case they sent me a rod and 5 spare pins to keep on hand. If I'm lucky I'll be able to find them when I need them.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Dakotared on Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:14 am

Seismic Sam wrote:
Dakotared wrote:Pretty PO'ed at myself not only did I brake the decapping pin I also bent the decapping rod. :( I will call them tomarrow and see how much it will cost me to fix my die.


All right, fess up!! Was it a Berdan primed case that got through your brass sorting before depriming step???



Sorry Sam it was on a piece of Lake city brass. Was not that Berdan junk.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby cobb on Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:55 pm

Seismic Sam wrote:
Dakotared wrote:Pretty PO'ed at myself not only did I brake the decapping pin I also bent the decapping rod. :( I will call them tomarrow and see how much it will cost me to fix my die.


All right, fess up!! Was it a Berdan primed case that got through your brass sorting before depriming step???

But it did happen to me many years ago, one piece of brass I missed and ended up with one broke pin. :oops:
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Rodentman on Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:45 pm

That happens to the best of us. It even happened to me once.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby Dakotared on Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:26 am

JJ wrote:
Dakotared wrote:As you all have said they are shipping the parts right out to me. Kind of hard to believe they would just send them out when it happened with no fault of theirs.


Does it increase the likelihood of you purchasing their products in the future? :twisted:



Sadly no. As much as I would like it to when you pay more for their product in the first place you are buying the replacement parts before you ever need them.
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Re: Broke my RCBS .223 decaping die

Postby SIGP240 on Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:34 pm

I was told by a fellow shooter that the RCBS decapping rod bearing the sizing button atvthe distal end, actually distorts the neck and destroys accuracy. I tend to agree, as the case is not firmly up inside the die as the decapping pin is so short . He mentioned COAX type dies , butvi think he meant Forster brand. Is he right?
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